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Ksiaz Castle
Lower Silesia's largest castle, perched dramatically on a rock above a gorge, riddled with WWII tunnels.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Wałbrzych
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About Wałbrzych
Wałbrzych works well as a base: 10 minutes from Szczawno-Zdrój, 21km from Adršpach-Teplice Rocks.
Wałbrzych is in Poland. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Szczawno-Zdrój, about 4 km away.
Wałbrzych (Polish: [ˈvawbʐɨx] ; German: Waldenburg; Lower Silesian: Walmbrig or Walmbrich; Czech: Valbřich or Valdenburk) is a city located in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland, seat of Wałbrzych County. Wałbrzych lies approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) southwest of the voivodeship capitalRead more
Wrocław and about 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the Czech border. Wałbrzych has the status of municipality. Its administrative borders encompass an area of 85 km2 (33 sq mi) with 110,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the voivodeship and the 33rd largest in the country.
Wałbrzych was once a major coal mining and industrial center alongside most of Silesia. The city was left undamaged after World War II and possesses rich historical architecture; among the most recognizable landmarks is the Książ Castle, the largest castle of Lower Silesia and the third-largest in Poland.
In 2015 Wałbrzych became widely known due to the search for an allegedly buried Nazi gold train, which however was not found.
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What is there to see near Wałbrzych?
Within an hour or so of Wałbrzych: Ksiaz Castle (8 km), Osówka Underground City (15 km), Church of Peace, Świdnica (17 km), Adršpach-Teplice Rocks (21 km).
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The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends and Cervenohorske Sedlo.
Where is Wałbrzych?
Wałbrzych is in Poland, about 4 km from Szczawno-Zdrój.
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- Population
- 0
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Poland
- Timezone
- Coordinates
- 50.7714, 16.2843
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Worth the detour from Wałbrzych
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
Osówka Underground City
The largest visitable complex of Nazi Germany's Project Riese: 3.1 km of tunnels bored into the Owl Mountains in 1943–45 for a purpose still debated. Partly flooded sections are toured by boat.
15 km · about 30 min drive
cathedral
Church of Peace, Świdnica
Europe's largest timber-framed church, raised in 1656–57 by Silesian Lutherans who were forbidden stone, nails or a tower: the wattle-and-daub interior holds 7,500 people under painted galleries. UNESCO-listed.
17 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
Adršpach-Teplice Rocks
A mesmerizing labyrinth of towering sandstone rock formations sculpted by millions of years of erosion into surreal shapes.
21 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Szczeliniec Wielki
The highest summit of the Table Mountains (919 m): a sandstone plateau of eroded rock labyrinths, chasms and terraces reached by a historic stone stairway from Karłów, with views into Czechia on clear days.
32 km · about 35 min drive
photogenic
Błędne Skały
A rock labyrinth at 853 m in the Table Mountains where a marked trail squeezes between mushroom-shaped sandstone blocks and metre-wide corridors: a filming location for The Chronicles of Narnia. Car access via a timed toll road from Karłów.
32 km · about 35 min drive
famous road
Road of a Hundred Bends
Route 387 between Radkow and Kudowa-Zdroj corkscrews through the surreal rock labyrinths of the Table Mountains, packing dozens of hairpins into a forested drive beloved by Polish motorists.
33 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Skull Chapel, Czermna
A small Baroque chapel (1776–1784) in Kudowa-Zdrój whose walls and ceiling are lined with 3,000 human skulls and bones, with 21,000 more in the crypt below: Poland's only ossuary of its kind.
36 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Wałbrzych
- 32 kmSzczeliniec WielkiThe highest summit of the Table Mountains (919 m): a sandstone plateau of eroded rock labyrinths, chasms and terraces reached by a historic stone stairway from Karłów, with views into Czechia on clear days.
- 33 kmRoad of a Hundred BendsRoute 387 between Radkow and Kudowa-Zdroj corkscrews through the surreal rock labyrinths of the Table Mountains, packing dozens of hairpins into a forested drive beloved by Polish motorists.
- 38 kmSnezkaCzechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
- 39 kmSniezkaHighest peak of the Karkonosze range at 1603 metres on the Polish-Czech border, topped by a distinctive disc-shaped meteorological observatory.
Driving in Poland
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.42/litre
- Motorway tolls
- ~€5.00/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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